Serious Materials, a U.S. manufacturer of eco-friendly building products, has introduced EcoRock drywall.
EcoRock looks, feels and performs like standard drywall and is used the same way. However, it uses virtually zero energy in its manufacturing, resulting in zero CO2 emissions. Read the rest of this entry »
How a nuclear “battery” could provide clean power.
Hyperion Power Generation, a U.S. company, is developing a Jacuzzi-sized cartridge reactor that has the potential to generate 27 megawatts of power, providing electricity to 25,000 homes, for five years.
Hyperion struck a deal with Los Alamos National Laboratory, and with the help of government funds designed to turn technology in government labs into civil applications, set out to develop their “battery”. Read the rest of this entry »
Gigantic, maglev wind turbines could be the answer to the world’s energy problems.
An Arizona-based company, called Maglev Wind Turbine Technologies, is proposing a vertical axis wind turbine that uses permanent magnets to levitate rotating components.
At the 2007 Wind Power Asia Exhibition in Beijing, a group of Chinese scientists were the first ones to demonstrate a maglev wind turbine. Read the rest of this entry »